印度新德裡霧霾（圖片來自網絡）
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More than 25 million people live there and many of them are suffering with air conditions that one doctor compared to smoking 50 cigarettes a day.
— CNN
新德裡人口超過2500萬，其中許多人都在遭受空氣汙染的影響，一名醫生稱汙染狀態相當於一天吸50支煙。
熱 點Smog（Smoke + Fog） 霧霾
PM2.5 PM （Particulate Matter） 可入肺顆粒物
AQI Air Quality Index 空氣品質指數
off the charts 爆表
mask, face mask 口罩
air purifier 空氣淨化器
low-carbon lifestyle 低碳生活方式
知 識 點1. suffer with... 遭受，忍受...
- suffer
vt. 遭受；忍受；經歷
vi. 遭受，忍受；受痛苦；經驗；受損害
They suffered huge losses in the financial crisis.
他們在經濟危機時遭受了巨大損失。
My dream is to help those who suffer with mental illness.
我的理想是幫助那些正受精神疾病煎熬的人們。
Many companies are suffering from a shortage of skilled staff.
很多公司苦於缺少有技能的員工。
2. compare to 把 ... 比作，比喻為
- compare
n. 比較
vt. 比擬，喻為；[語]構成
vi. 相比，匹敵；比較，區別；比擬（常與 to 連用）
People compared her to Elizabeth Taylor.
人們把她比作伊莉莎白泰勒。
Children are often compared to happy birds.
孩子們常被比喻為快樂的小鳥。
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1. (True or False) United Airlines suspended its flights to New Delhi during periods of heavy air pollution.
2. According to the report, what caused New Delhi’s air pollution?
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In the Southeast Asian country of India, exhausts from old cars and motorcycles, pollutions from industries, dust smoke from cooking and fires from when farmers burn their crops double, all of this contributes to the toxic air pollution in the Indian capital of New Delhi. More than 25 million people live there and many of them are suffering with air conditions that one doctor compared to smoking 50 cigarettes a day.
Now, United Airlines has suspended its flights to the city because of what it called poor air quality concerns. At least through Monday, no United flights are landing in, taking off from or connecting in India's capital. The company is treating conditions there like it treats severe weather or other events like a volcanic eruption. For those with flight tickets, United is offering travel waivers, to allow passengers to choose another flight without paying for the change.
New Delhi is under a public health emergency, schools have been closed, tracks from other areas are not allowed to enter the capital, construction projects have been put on hold. Pollution is not something that's new for the city. It's a part of life there, especially this time of year. But that doesn't mean that residents can get used to it, or avoid suffering from it.
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United Airlines has suspended its flights to the city because of what it called poor air quality concerns.
2. Exhausts from old cars and motorcycles, pollutions from industries, dust smoke fromcooking and fires from when farmers burn their crops double.
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